CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY , SACRAMENTO ( SAC STATE )
The IRT division at Sac State aids the success of its faculty , students and staff by providing a toolbox of applications and data , helping to empower the entire University through access to IT services . We spoke to Interim Vice President and CIO Christine Miller to find out more
There is no shortage of determination at California State University , Sacramento . With 30,000 students and more than 3,000 staff on its books , aligning a common vision and instilling a culture of equal access to gamechanging IT services is no easy task .
Indeed , President Robert Nelsen ’ s vision for Sac State comprises four bold components , the first revolving around a highly progressive target to increase the four year graduation rate from nine to over 30 percent .
The other components comprise diversification of revenue streams ( a challenge for many state universities ), greater engagement in the wider community to support student career prospects , and boosting diversity and inclusion . For Sac State ’ s Information Resources and Technology ( IRT ) division , helping students to drive towards successful degree completion via technological innovations has been the overriding priority in recent years . Enter Christine Miller , who has been steadily raising the profile of technology at Sac State since first arriving in 2014 as Associate Chief Information Officer , and now as interim Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer . It is her job to ensure IRT provides the tools required for students to not only achieve their goals , but achieve them as part of a process that is both timely and straightforward .
“ For the past few years , we have been very focused on student success related projects , pushing towards the goal of reducing time to degree ,” Miller explains . “ As a University , we have always worked to enhance student
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